A second wave of coronavirus is already surging towards the High Street and many famous brands may not survive, says the home delivery expert ParcelHero. It fears sluggish footfall, failing shopping centres and unimpressive CVAs and Pre-Pack Administrations are leaving household names on the brink of disaster.
The search is on for the greatest minds and brightest talents drawn from the worlds of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics to form Creative Teams capable of developing major public engagement projects to showcase the UK's creativity and innovation on a global scale. At the end of the application process up to 30 teams, each receiving up to £100,000, will be selected to participate in the R&D Project to originate compelling, ambitious and extraordinary ideas for projects that have the potential to reach millions of people.
Information, advice and funding opportunities seem to be popping up everywhere but how to manage all the alerts, emails, follow the feeds, and stay sane and focussed on what's important whilst keeping FOMO to the minimum. One way is to manage what you read, where you check for updates and how long for.
This article is from Ben Wray at the Source Direct web site. The sex gender and covid19 project launches this morning, which describes itself as "the world's most comprehensive dashboard for covid-19 data broken down by sex and gender".
A report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies concludes that during lockdown, over half of childcare settings were at risk of running a significant deficit, with one out of four settings at risk of closure. In conjunction with this report, Yoopies UK exposes the devastating reasons behind this deficit.
The report on the latest budget issues will be debated at Highland council today. The full debate begins at 10:00am today and can be viewed live or later on the archive at https://highland.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/458514 See the full agenda Note Council meetings can be lengthy and this main council meeting will probably run for several hours.
The UK will follow World Trade Organisation subsidy rules after the end of the transition period. UK to follow World Trade Organisation (WTO) subsidy rules and other international commitments, replacing the EU state aid laws, from January 1.
Additional protection against coronavirus. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has urged smartphone users across Scotland to download NHS Scotland's new contact tracing app to help suppress the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
All of Scotland's 32 local authorities and more than 25 individual community regeneration projects will receive a share of £30 million of new investment for regeneration and town centres. The funding will be available immediately through the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) and the Town Centre Fund (TCF), both delivered in partnership between Scottish Government and COSLA.
Indoor and outdoor gatherings revised to keep virus under control. The number of people who can gather together, indoors or outdoors, will be set at maximum of six from two households.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock spoke about new social distancing rules to prevent the spread of coronavirus. With permission, I'd like to make a further statement on coronavirus.
Clinicians outline when to seek a COVID-19 test. Scotland's most senior clinicians have written a joint open letter to college and university students with advice on what to do if they develop cold or flu-like symptoms during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
A free programme to help businesses accelerate their growth has opened for new applications, with a virtual taster session arranged for 24 September 2020. Developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the Pathfinder Accelerator programme provides fast-track training and mentoring and will be delivered completely online.
The government has announced new measures to suppress the virus and keep the number of infections down. The government has a plan to control the virus and protect the public, as well as keeping the economy and society open.
The last few days highlights how the pandemic is affecting jobs. The following links tell about some of the bigger companies losing staff recently.
This article was first published on the Scottish Community Alliance web site on 8th September 2020. Andy Wightman MSP has bill before he Scottish Parliament that may help change the course of local government in Scotland.
Two innovation projects are underway in the Highlands and Islands to develop new ways to support the growth of the food and drink sector. Angus based farming solutions company SoilEssentials Ltd is researching and developing ways to tackle the spread of potato cyst nematode (PCN), one of the most serious threats to Scotland's potato growing industry.
Investors are being invited to get behind more than £1 billion of low carbon, eco-friendly and recycling investment opportunities. Led by the Scottish Government, the Green Investment Portfolio promotes market-ready projects that will help Scotland transition to a net-zero economy by 2045 and are seeking private capital.
Scotland's Chief Statistician today released the latest Council Tax Reduction (CTR) statistics. In June 2020, Scotland’s CTR scheme supported 497,960 households and the total weekly income forgone by local authorities was £7.334 million.
The Scottish Government has said it is impossible to recommend the Scottish Parliament gives consent to the UK Government's Internal Market bill. The bill, which will be published by the UK Government tomorrow, engages the Sewel Convention, and therefore the UK's constitutional rules require the consent of Holyrood.
